Patent Theme
Specialty Printing Processes
Techniques and apparatuses for enabling specialized printing applications beyond standard color reproduction, such as forming toner images specifically for adhering foil onto sheets.
11,351 US filings from 879 companies since 2023 · 2023: 3,058 · 2024: 3,566 · 2025: 3,335 · 2026 YTD: 1,392
Electrography (Xerography)
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 3,208 | 822 | 918 | 990 | 478 | +7.8% |
| 2 | BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 874 | 292 | 283 | 231 | 68 | -18.4% |
| 3 | Seiko Epson Corporation | 740 | 184 | 234 | 219 | 103 | -6.4% |
| 4 | KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. | 649 | 132 | 182 | 213 | 122 | +17.0% |
| 5 | FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp. | 633 | 142 | 206 | 200 | 85 | -2.9% |
| 6 | Ricoh Company, Ltd. | 507 | 147 | 153 | 161 | 46 | +5.2% |
| 7 | HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. | 392 | 161 | 137 | 68 | 26 | -50.4% |
| 8 | TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 375 | 112 | 124 | 101 | 38 | -18.5% |
| 9 | Konica Minolta, Inc. | 240 | 55 | 75 | 81 | 29 | +8.0% |
| 10 | FUJIFILM CORPORATION | 118 | 23 | 36 | 47 | 12 | +30.6% |
| 11 | SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 115 | 17 | 29 | 42 | 27 | +44.8% |
| 12 | Xerox Corporation | 86 | 31 | 27 | 20 | 8 | -25.9% |
| 13 | LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. | 81 | 30 | 23 | 25 | 3 | +8.7% |
| 14 | Landa Corporation Ltd. | 80 | 29 | 31 | 20 | · | -35.5% |
| 15 | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | 72 | 17 | 19 | 26 | 10 | +36.8% |
| 16 | DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD. | 59 | 18 | 22 | 16 | 3 | -27.3% |
| 17 | Canon Production Printing Holding B.V. | 58 | 11 | 11 | 29 | 7 | +163.6% |
| 18 | SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd. | 50 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 9 | -5.6% |
| 19 | Zhuhai Pantum Electronics Co., Ltd. | 50 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 6 | +33.3% |
| 20 | ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC. | 46 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 3 | +50.0% |
| 21 | Agfa NV | 45 | 10 | 18 | 13 | 4 | -27.8% |
| 22 | CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD. | 43 | 24 | 13 | 6 | · | -53.8% |
| 23 | Kateeva, Inc. | 43 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 1 | -29.4% |
| 24 | SEMES CO., LTD. | 43 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 1 | -35.3% |
| 25 | Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. | 38 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 2 | -41.2% |